Timeline for How to install a "pdf printer"?
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| Jul 19, 2021 at 1:34 | comment | added | ATutorMe |
Ran sudo apt install cups-pdf in Ubuntu 21.04. apt automatically detects this: Note, selecting 'printer-driver-cups-pdf' instead of 'cups-pdf' and installs printer-driver-cups-pdf correctly.
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 15:31 | comment | added | gerardw | @opinion_no9: see askubuntu.com/questions/1090245/… for 18.04 fix. | |
| Oct 14, 2019 at 22:22 | comment | added | Gabriel Staples |
Note that when using sudo apt install cups-pdf at least, the new "printer" that shows up in your print menu is called simply PDF, and when you select this printer and click the "Print" button, it then outputs the generated PDFs into this folder: ~/PDF, with a file name such as job_217-untitled_document.pdf. It took me a while to find them, as it looked like nothing was happening, and no dialog box came up (in typical Linux fashion: not very user-friendly!)
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| Nov 5, 2018 at 23:01 | comment | added | opinion_no9 | since Ubuntu 18.04 the cups-pdf and its successor printer-driver-cups-pdf do not work any more. The "printer" disappears. Any idea how to print PDF from wine based apps?? | |
| S Aug 14, 2018 at 6:56 | history | edited | Zanna♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Aug 14, 2018 at 6:56 | history | suggested | tresf | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Add steps for newer Ubuntu versions.
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| May 8, 2018 at 3:09 | comment | added | Freedom_Ben | It can take a minute or so to complete "printing." So if you're getting blank pages or a "corrupted pdf," just give it a few minutes and check back later. | |
| Dec 11, 2017 at 20:38 | comment | added | Hamman Samuel | I get blank output files | |
| Jul 5, 2017 at 17:18 | comment | added | sergej |
Since Ubuntu 16.04, the package is called printer-driver-cups-pdf.
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| Jan 23, 2016 at 7:10 | history | edited | Mitch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 23, 2011 at 20:13 | history | edited | N.N. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 22, 2011 at 20:33 | history | edited | Nathan Osman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added APT link.
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| Nov 22, 2011 at 20:22 | history | answered | tohuwawohu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |